Getting ready to spread some pelletized lime with my broadcast spreader. My instructions list small, medium, and large pellet fertilizer settings. What would Pellet lime compare to? Thanks.
To be really technical you need to know the area you are covering in sq ft, the soil ph currently, the desired ph, as well as calibrate the spreader and some other mumbo jumbo. Guessing we don't wanna go that into it though Anyways, lol, All the pell lime I've ever seen would be either small or medium in my book. Let's see a pic of the hole size on both settings with a coin for refrence.
Thanks for the replies. I'll see if I can get a picture of the spreader gate. I am spreading on slightly less than an acre. I didn't get a soil test, but pretty common locally for virgin ground to need 1-2 tons per acre. Figure I'll put on a ton and test next year-too late to help a lot this year, but it's a start.
Pell like works much much faster than ag lime. You'll see results this year, and likely next year will still need 1 or 2 tons per Acre because it doesn't last as long as ag lime either. Fall good plot planting I'm guessing???What are you planting?
Yep planting a food plot- Daikon Radish, Purple Top Turnips, and rapeseed. Deer liked it the last 2 years in a half acre plot-rotated that into winter rye and winter oats this year. Have another 3/4 acre in clover. A ton per acre is a lot more than 400 pounds of fertilizer-I have that amount figured out. Just want to put the lime on with no more trips than needed-hold down soil compaction.
I calibrate a new-to-me spreader on the fly, using a small plot of known area and known amount of material. With a drop spreader you could use a known amount and drive until it isn’t coming out steadily, and then measure the area. Seed beds like it firm, so unless your soil is wet I wouldn’t worry too much about multiple passes on some parts (spread your tire tracks out).
Standard approach for agricultural lime is to do it in 2 applications a year apart. If you figure it will take a ton of lime to correct your issue you lay down 1/2 ton this year and the rest next year. It keeps the possibility of chemical burn to a minimum.
That's my plan. I'll soil test next year and see where I stand. Set the spreader and it worked just right-made passes one way and then 90 degrees the other way.
Well it's planted! An acre of radish, turnip, and rapeseed. Forecast calls for rain later today and a thunderstorm Tuesday.
Great! Regardless of all this lime talk, the seeds will grow much better in the ground than in the bag! Looks like a nice job.
